Dark nights

[Cap.Palla]

S ! Guys ...
I played my first GWX mission and i noticed that night is too dark....i really can't see any ships . Is a graphic card problem? Or should i install some mod ? :oops:

[fredbass]

S ! Guys ...
I played my first GWX mission and i noticed that night is too dark....i really can't see any ships . Is a graphic card problem? Or should i install some mod ? :oops:

Try switching to 16k atmosphere and see if that helps.

[pokara]

:yep: in my case.. :up:

[JCWolf]

S ! Guys ...
I played my first GWX mission and i noticed that night is too dark....i really can't see any ships . Is a graphic card problem? Or should i install some mod ? :oops:


Well something could be done on a next Update about that bro, but depending on the season the ocean , nights can be more or less darken...

Example, if you started the normal date in the campaign career, the
starting month is October mate, so it's close to winter, your patrols will
be in North Atlantic Ocean, and Atlantic in general, nights are pretty dark by that time of the year in Atlantic bro, and depending if some other situations, like Moonlight, weather if it's good or bad, thats was made to get really Ocean enviorment....

But you all ways can use your monitor Gama controls to light it up a bit when you play GWX...:up:

[Cap.Palla]

Thanks for the help :up:
Anyway i already use 16K atm... i think that is the mod . I hope in some
nights of full moon :yep:

[fredbass]

One obvious suggestion:

Turn out your lights when playing. It helps a lot. :know:

[Letum]

remember that if you reinstalled SH3 the brightness setting in options will have reset to default.

[Faamecanic]

remember that if you reinstalled SH3 the brightness setting in options will have reset to default.

Letum....what brightness settings?? Are there brightness settings in SH3?? If there are its NO WONDER night is so dark :damn:

[THE_MASK]

what brightness setting ?

[hocking]

I could not find any brightness settings either. However, I beleive that the darkness that I am experiencing at night is much more realistic, so I am going to just leave everything the way it is anyway.

[Cap.Palla]

I could not find any brightness settings either. However, I beleive that the darkness that I am experiencing at night is much more realistic, so I am going to just leave everything the way it is anyway.


I'm Agree with you:up: I can't use Star Shell too because they are still unavaible on my VIIB ....but maybe it's better....i dont wanna be spotted from a bombardier :nope:

[edjcox]

My firest patrol and as I left the Bunker the blackness enveloped me and crew in the cockpit of the watchtower. The ship leading us out was invisible at 800M.

There is definitely a brightness issue here. Perhaps the more experienced Kapitains can give the rest of us a solution?

I was surprized to see a totally dark UZO with only the range markers illuminated but the cross hair reticles dark....

Back on watch deck, the compass binacle has no illumination and is unreadable, the telegraph is also black and unreadable at night.

The number of aircraft is fine if they were limited in munitions. So many repeated passes that they seem to be flying ammo cans for their MG's. I think this sould be attended to. My boat has limited resouces so my attacker enemies should as well.

Can someone list a few mods that would enhance GWX or as they say is it "in there..."

[Camaero]

My firest patrol and as I left the Bunker the blackness enveloped me and crew in the cockpit of the watchtower. The ship leading us out was invisible at 800M.

There is definitely a brightness issue here. Perhaps the more experienced Kapitains can give the rest of us a solution?

I was surprized to see a totally dark UZO with only the range markers illuminated but the cross hair reticles dark....

Back on watch deck, the compass binacle has no illumination and is unreadable, the telegraph is also black and unreadable at night.

The number of aircraft is fine if they were limited in munitions. So many repeated passes that they seem to be flying ammo cans for their MG's. I think this sould be attended to. My boat has limited resouces so my attacker enemies should as well.

Can someone list a few mods that would enhance GWX or as they say is it "in there..."

I have done one patrol and a mission with GWX and I have never had it THAT dark. Actually, during the full moon on clear nights, I can see pretty far. During cloudy nights that are foggy on the other hand.... Maybe your moniter could use some tweaking? I know with mine I have a text mode and a "ultrabrite" mode. Ultrabrite makes things come out a lot more in games. (But does not wash the picture out.)

[Faamecanic]

I have found that with my Nvidia card.... if I go into the Controls, color correction...I have a setting for "Digital Vibrance" ... default was OFF.

So I set it to LOW (the lowest I could and get LOW to come on) and that improved night vision in GWX GREATLY.

Gotta love all the crap they throw in graphics card drivers with NO explaination of what it does.....

[AVGWarhawk]

Yes, tweek your card. I use Nvidia on a Gateway LCD and nights are just fine.

[JCWolf]

I can tell you guys one thing when you're unsure of if there are someone closing or you just whant to check for sound contacts, dive to periscope deph and ask you sonar man, for contacts,:rock: :up:

If he tells you yes you have a hunt, if no, go surface again and ride the waves for a wile...

Do that from time to time, cause it's the real thing on those days...

This Mod is to get you guys close to reality as possible,
and i can asure you that is very Refined in reallity and
Sub player inmersion...

you guys just have to think :

What should a U-Boat Captain do Now?

Have fun guys...:arrgh!:

[Martin1813]

One obvious suggestion:

Turn out your lights when playing. It helps a lot. :know:


I totally agree with you ! :smug:
but turn'em on in daylight or you'll look like a zombie...:rotfl:

[dean_acheson]

I don't think that there is a brightness setting in the game....

[the.terrabyte.pirate]

I have found that with my Nvidia card.... if I go into the Controls, color correction...I have a setting for "Digital Vibrance" ... default was OFF.

So I set it to LOW (the lowest I could and get LOW to come on) and that improved night vision in GWX GREATLY.

Gotta love all the crap they throw in graphics card drivers with NO explaination of what it does.....

Yes, YES! Oh god Yes, Now I can see!

[wildchild]

you chap's shud try my tweek mod for brighter night works on stock sh3 and gwx & 2.0:know:

http://dodownload.filefront.com/9287142//866c1930a95c67a89b07ddc947d62668511c89fb6ffa9f163f a3492b7bbefcc9ed6ed9018444e24c

[onelifecrisis]

The GWX 16k Atmosphere is considerably darker than the default 8k. See this post (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=766165&postcount=3167).

[wildchild]

sorry shud of told you to take a look :oops:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=127378

[Faamecanic]

The GWX 16k Atmosphere is considerably darker than the default 8k. See this post (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=766165&postcount=3167).


onelife.. thats the ticket!!! the bottom right of your screenie is what my game looks like with 16k mod..cant see ANYTHING.

I will try the 8k and if its as light as yours, problem fixed. I jsut like the 16k mod because it seems more realistic as far as sighting difference.

[onelifecrisis]

:up:

[flakmonkey]

If anything i think GWX2 actually lightens the nights compared to other supermods.

But if its too dark for your taste...

Easiest solution is just to turn up your monitor brightness when you need to see whats going on + play in a darkened room:up:

(as far as i know sh3 has no brightness setting)

[von hally]

I have found that with my Nvidia card.... if I go into the Controls, color correction...I have a setting for "Digital Vibrance" ... default was OFF.

So I set it to LOW (the lowest I could and get LOW to come on) and that improved night vision in GWX GREATLY.

Gotta love all the crap they throw in graphics card drivers with NO explaination of what it does.....

ive just looked at my nvidia settings and upped the vibrance.......if this works and i can finally see in sh3 i will hunt you down and buy you a yard of ale my friend

[Marko_Ramius]

You are sure "digital vibrance" has something to do with brighteness ? :hmm:

If i remember correctly, it makes the colors appear more flashy or something like that. Anyway, giving it a try won't hurt :yep:



For the dark nights, it was a problem for me too. But in another post, someone point me for a mod called : "SH3_Mod_MarhkimovsOceanMadness_V2".

In that mod, there are severall folders ; the one to use (for 16K) is : " Marhks' Ocean Madness V2 (Only for Rub or 16k) "

Nothing is broken in GWX, only the env. files are used, and the good news is :

It works good :up:

It's less dark than stock GWX 2.0. On my rig, it seems it is like OneLifeCrisis screen 8k more than anything else, so i kept it.

It must be activated in JSGME on top of GWX 16K mod.

Maybe you should give it a try.

[Reece]

@ Wildchild, you should ask for permission to use/alter other peoples mods though, or atleast add a list of credits.:stare:

Edit: See here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=115983

[wildchild]

@ Wildchild, you should ask for permission to use/alter other peoples mods though, or atleast add a list of credits.:stare:

Edit: See here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=115983

would like you to tel me who's work am using without there permission and what the work is..:hmm: i do all my own mod's and if i use any body els's work i ask them and i put them in a tex file that they made the mod

[FIREWALL]

I can tell you guys one thing when you're unsure of if there are someone closing or you just whant to check for sound contacts, dive to periscope deph and ask you sonar man, for contacts,:rock: :up:

If he tells you yes you have a hunt, if no, go surface again and ride the waves for a wile...

Do that from time to time, cause it's the real thing on those days...

This Mod is to get you guys close to reality as possible,
and i can asure you that is very Refined in reallity and
Sub player inmersion...

you guys just have to think :

What should a U-Boat Captain do Now?

Have fun guys...:arrgh!:


You hit the nail on the head JC. :up: This is not an ARCADE mod. :yep:

edit: While I sympathize with all includeing myself who have visual probs. I use tools like Hydrophone to work around dark nites. And as far as leaveing the sub pen just be careful you don't hit anything and have Liabilty Insurance policy in glove box.

[P_Funk]

I have ATI... nVidia is so much better. ATI settings are so few and don't do things as well as nVidia.

[Reece]

would like you to tel me who's work am using without there permission and what the work is..:hmm:
For a start a tweaked version of my SH4 Scene.dat, it is exactly the same file size as mine & I had 2 major fixes done, the sky vortex & moon reflection, these do not work with the standard SH4 version, I had permission & assistance to fix these issues as well as tweaks, please tell me how you achieved this?:-?
Also noticed Markimovs EnvSkycolor, if you got permission you should have a readme with credits to them, the mod comes with no readme.
These were the only ones I checked as this is the area I've been working on of late.:-?

[Sailor Steve]

Mine's always been too bright. Just can't seem to get it adjusted the way I want.

[wildchild]

@REECE can you delete some of your pm so i can pm you about this dont want to hijack this post;)

[Reece]

Done!
EDIT: Sorted out!:yep:

[mikaelanderlund]

Mine's always been too bright. Just can't seem to get it adjusted the way I want.

Hi Steve,

Mine is also too bright. How do you adjuste it? By Minitweaker or?

[Barbac]

You are sure "digital vibrance" has something to do with brighteness ? :hmm:

If i remember correctly, it makes the colors appear more flashy or something like that. Anyway, giving it a try won't hurt :yep:



For the dark nights, it was a problem for me too. But in another post, someone point me for a mod called : "SH3_Mod_MarhkimovsOceanMadness_V2".

In that mod, there are severall folders ; the one to use (for 16K) is : " Marhks' Ocean Madness V2 (Only for Rub or 16k) "

Nothing is broken in GWX, only the env. files are used, and the good news is :

It works good :up:

It's less dark than stock GWX 2.0. On my rig, it seems it is like OneLifeCrisis screen 8k more than anything else, so i kept it.

It must be activated in JSGME on top of GWX 16K mod.

Maybe you should give it a try.

Did not know that Markhimov's Ocean Madness V2 could work fine with GWX 2.0 :hmm:
Recently I have disabled the GWX 16km atmosphere so that i can use Reece's
SH3 Scene Atmosphere (comp GWX2.0) but I guess you cannot either run it with Markimov's mod at the same time ?

Barbac

[Sailor Steve]

Mine's always been too bright. Just can't seem to get it adjusted the way I want.

Hi Steve,

Mine is also too bright. How do you adjuste it? By Minitweaker or?
I have an ATI card. I'm fiddling with the Brightness, Contrast and Gamma sliders on the ATI control panel. Unfortunately they all also influence the look of all the regular screens, which I like just the way they are. The Gamma and Brightness both had a major effect of darkening my view of the forum here. Right now I have contrast turned down 50%, and it's not too bad; but I haven't looked at the game that way yet. If I don't like that I plan to fiddle with combinations of the three at lesser levels.